Container for surgical ligatures.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1906.

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HUGO ROSENBERG, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

CONTAINER FOR SURGICAL LIGATURES.

Application filed June 8,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO ROSENBERG, a subject of the German Emperor,residing in Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Containers for Surgical Ligatures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to containers for surgical ligatures of catgut orother substances; and the object of the invention is to provide acontainer which will preserve the ligature in aseptic condition untilthe same is desired for use, when it may be readily removed from thecontainer. WVith this end in view the invention consists in aligature-container constructed in the manner to be hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are denoted by thesame reference characters in the two figures, Figure 1 shows inlongitudinal section a ligature-container before the ligature iscompletely inclosed in the same, and Fig. 2 is a similar section showingthe device as it is placed upon the market.

A glass vessel is employed comprising a tubular portion 1), having atone end a reduced portion or neck 0, beyond which is a bulb or widerpart (1, integral therewith. The ligature a is coiled up in the tubularpart b and one end passed through the reduced portion a, a knot beingformed in it. Said knot is arranged in the bulb d. Beyond the bulb (Z isanother tubular portion 6 of less diame- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

1906. Serial No. 320,853-

ter than the part b. After the ligature has been placed in the glasscontainer the latter is sealed up at both ends in some convenientmanner, the vessel being, if desired, first filled with alcohol or othersuitable liquid. The vessel may now be subjected to the temperaturenecessary to render the ligature within it thoroughly aseptic bytreatment in. a suitable boiler or in some other manner.

When it is desired to use the ligature, the neck of the glass containeris broken at the reduced part 0, when the ligature can be withdrawn bytaking hold of the part 6, the knot being retained. in the part d,integral therewith.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A container for ligatures comprising a glass vesselclosed at one end and provided near the opposite end with a reducedportion or neck, an enlarged knot-receiving portion formed integral withthe vessel beyond said neck, and a closed tubular portion formedintegral with said enlarged knot-receiving portion and extending beyondthe same.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO ROSENBERG.

WVitnesses:

VVOLDEMAR- HAUPT, HENRY HASPER.

